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Paste your resume and a job description to see which keywords you're matching — and which ones are missing. Runs entirely in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Paste both boxes to enable the check.
The checker pulls the most significant keywords from the job description — the terms that repeat most often, which is what the employer's ATS and its recruiter actually screen for — then compares them against your resume text. You get three things back:
70%+ — Strong match. The ATS should rank you well for this posting. Consider applying as-is or with light touch-ups.
40–69% — Borderline. You're in the conversation but likely below the cutoff for competitive postings. Weave the missing terms in where they honestly fit.
Below 40% — At risk of being filtered before a human reads you. Treat the missing list as your edit checklist — then re-check.
If the posting says “project management” and your resume says “oversaw initiatives,” rephrase to the employer's wording. Matching language is what recruiters expect — it's not gaming the system.
A skills list is good, but keywords embedded in your achievement bullets are stronger: “Cut deployment time 40% using CI/CD and Docker” beats a bare list of the same tools.
Adding every missing keyword without the experience to back it up trades an ATS pass for a failed interview. Every term on your resume must survive a question in the room.
Want someone else to do the weaving? ApplyStudio rewrites your bullets around the job description — with a zero-fabrication guarantee — then scores the result. Or read the full guide to beating ATS screening.
Applicant tracking systems rank every application by how well it matches the job requisition — and 75%+ of resumes are filtered out before a recruiter sees them. Most rejections aren't about your experience; they're about your resume not using the hiring team's vocabulary. A keyword-gap check before you apply is the cheapest way to move your candidacy from the reject pile to the shortlist.
This is the same gap analysis our AI-powered optimizer performs on every resume it processes — you're seeing the free, manual version of what the full tool does in seconds.
Privacy note: this tool runs 100% in your browser. Your resume and job description never leave your device.